Whether it is searching for a good deal on a car or simply finding an affordable pair of designer shoes, online shopping has got you covered. Just a few years ago, if you needed things like these, you had to get up and get to the store, but that is not necessarily true anymore. Over the years, many stores have begun to add online websites for marketing and selling items. Not only has this greatly increased the success of these businesses, but it also has made life much easier for its users.  One of the most convenient stores online for many people is Peapod, developed from Stop & Shop. Peapod is an online grocery delivery service. The company is based in Skokie, Illinois, and operates out of several US cities. Now, instead of walking up and down aisles for one, two, three hours, one can simply sit at their computer or even on their iPhone with the Peapod App and click on grocery items they need. Everyone one may find in a grocery store, they can find on this website. Once the order is placed, it’s usually delivered the next day. It can’t get much easier than that![1]  With the Internet fiercely growing, thousands of online businesses have also been developed, one of the most successful being eBay. On eBay, users have the ability to conveniently sell and buy items all around the world, new or used, usually at affordable prices. The items people market and sell range from a bag of potato chips to a Lamborghini. Anything one could possibly want, they could most-likely find on eBay. eBay is also a wonderful creation for making a business out of old, worthless items one has laying around his or her house- as they say “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Buyers have the option of purchasing an item at a fixed price or bidding on an item and the highest bidder obtains the product. On any given day, millions of products are listed on eBay across thousands of categories. [2] As personal experience, I love shopping in stores and online but designer names could get extremely expensive. You could walk in Nordstrom and fall in love with a pair of shoes but then have your eyes melt off your head once you see the price tag on them. One could find that same $200 pair of shoes at a price of $60, or even lower in some cases on eBay.  Similar to eBay, websites such as Overstock.com offer great deals on high-quality, designer items. Again, there are thousands of different categories but people can only buy on this website, not sell. It is an online discount retailer based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. “Overstock initially sold surplus and returned merchandise on an online e-commerce marketplace, liquidating the inventories of at least 18 failed dot-com companies at below-wholesale prices. In recent years it has expanded to sell new merchandise, as well.” [3] Purchasing items such as furniture to decorate a house or a new family car could really get expensive. Overstock always has new great deals on everything posted daily on their website. For example, if one chooses to decorate a bedroom with furniture from overstock, in comparison with Pier 1 Imports, he or she would probably spend half, or even less the price. [4]  It’s amazing how many companies have begun utilizing the Internet to sell products and the amount of successful businesses that have generated from the Internet. Features such as free shipping/store pickup, promotions, simplicity, and convenience are what have brought of the great victory in each and every one of these companies. Things are constantly being established to make things easier, which the public and businesses are all over. [1] http://www.peapod.com/ [2] http://legacy.ebayinc.com/who [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstock.com [4] http://www.overstock.com/